Improvement in roller-skates



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Improvement in Roller Skates. No. 122,376. hummm-2,1872.

. proved roller-skate.

`port of the skate.

brass plate; O, the toe-strap; all these parts' UNITED STATEs JOHN H. FENTON, OF INDIANAPOLS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROLLER-SKATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,376, dated january 2, 1872.

l Specification describing a certain Improved yRoller-Skate, invented by JOHN H. FENTON,

and arrangement of devices whereby Wheels or rollers are attached to the foot-support ot' a skate in such a manner as to enable the per- -former to execute all of the varied evolutions of skating on a smooth door by the same or a similar motion of the body as that employed in propelling the skater on ice.

1n the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a side' elevation, partly in section, ot' my im Fi g. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same, the line c c, Fig. l, indicating the plane of section.L Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the roller-frame or hanger. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the saddle-plate.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

A in the drawing represents the foot-sup- B is the heel-strap and being ot' suitable kind and style. To the under side ot' the foot-support is attached, by

screws a c, the saddle-plate D, comprising the segmental concave bearing b and a socket, d. E is the roller-frame or hanger, comprising the segmental convex bea-rin g e and the projecting pivot f, which correspond respectively With and work in the concave bearing b and socket d.

- The convex-bearing e on the hangerframe is slotted, and through the slot passes a pintle, g, that projects downward from the concave plate b of the saddle and guides the movable han ger-frame in a regular direction; also serving as a check in preventing the bearing e from 'traveling too far. l1l is a screw whichV passes through the foot-support and the saddle-plate, its head resting on the top of the latter; a-lso lthrough a rubber cushion, t', and

the roller-frame E, and is secured at thebotp tom by a nut, j. This nut is provided with projecting pins or trunnions l l, which rest in corresponding grooves in the under side of the hanger, which, when it vibrates on its pivot f, will rock also on said trunnions of the nut and thus have the-necessary freedom of motion. F F are the wheels or rollers, "hung on an axle, G, which is secured in projecting ears m m of the hanger. n is a hooked wire which holds the axle G in place, preventing longitudinal displacement by passing through a hole in the end of the same. its upper part by passing through an ear or leg, m, ofthe hanger E, and beingbent downt Ward on the inside thereof, as shown in Fig. 2.

Its lower end is passed through the axle. Be-

ing suspended in a line beyond the center of the axle G, the wire is retained in its proper place by its greater weight at the lower end, compelling it always to seek a perpendicular, thus eiiecting a very neat, cheap, and secure fastening for the axle. The rubber cushion i is interposed between the hanger-frame and saddle, being let into a cavity or box of the hanger, as shown in Fig. l. It yields to the side pressure of said box, and, acting in its natural ma-nner, returns the hanger to its original position When the pressure is removed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The saddle-plate D, having the concave segmental bea-ring b', pintle g, and socket d, substantially as herein shown` and described.

2. The wheel-frame or hanger F, slotted, and

provided with the convex segmental bearing e, pivot f, and rubber cushion i, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

JOHN H. FENTON.

Witnesses: y

J oHN FENToN,' J. G. LIGHTFORD.

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